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There is a Diwali custom that many Indian families still observe — the giving of gifts to the people who have served the household through the year. The cook. The driver. The domestic help. The tailor. People whose labour and skill have woven themselves, quietly and indispensably, into the fabric of a family's daily life. The gift is usually something practical — a tin of sweets, perhaps, or a small envelope. Given with warmth, received with gratitude, and filed away in the u